Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education 2016 1.1 Purpose of the study The study looks at the availability and accessibility of SRH information and education for students, youth and adults in Maldives from a rights based perspective. The purpose of the study is: ‐ to assess the need and availability of SRHE in Maldives. ‐ to contribute to advance a rights‐based approach in the education sector in relation to SRH. ‐ to use a rights‐based approach to generate insights and support analysis of policies, strategies and programmes related to SRH. 1.2 Methodology Initial information and literature was collected from secondary resources such as relevant reports from both national and international sources, review papers, and statistical data from relevant agencies. In addition to this, stakeholder meetings and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) were conducted among various groups of people chosen from 11 Islands selected randomly from 6 atolls of the Maldives (Refer to Table 1, page 40). The Atolls were selected based on the geographical distribution of the population, and care was expanded to ensure that the research took a representative sample from all the regions of the country. Thus the atolls were selected from Upper North, North, North Central, Central and the South. From each of these atolls the capital island and the island most isolated from the capital island of the atoll was selected. FGDs were conducted with a representative sample of students, youth (both married and unmarried), parents, NGOs, personals from the health and education sector. A total of 15 schools were requested to randomly select students to participate in the FGDs. Stakeholder meetings were held with relevant Ministries, NGOs, personals from different schools and its teachers 10 INTRODUCTION